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ASL professor wins teaching award
James turned passion for sign language into career Lucy James, professor of American Sign Language and Interpreting, is the recipient of this year’s Dr. Aileen Creighton Award for Teaching Excellence. The award is named in honor of Dr. Aileen Creighton, dean emeritus of Art and Science. Known for her dedication to higher education and students, she stood as an inspiration for her fellow faculty. Creighton serves as the standard educators must follow to receive the award. Colleagues and former students wrote nomination letters in support of James, who is the 19th recipient of the award. Kristen Wilkerson, chair of the…
Regents approve new tax rate
Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com Regents passed one of the highest combined tax rates in nearly five years at their Sept. 12 board meeting, and also censured Regent Guy Watts for a fourth time. The new tax rate will see a maintenance and operations tax rate of $0.205700 per $100 valuation and a rate of $0.053463 per $100 valuation for the college’s debt service budget, to cover the new building projects. This tax increase comes shortly after a 9 percent increase in the overall budget, accounting for salary raises, new projects on campus and extra costs associated from increased enrollment. Overall the…